Somehow, something happened.
We went from being sure we were going to be stuck in my closetless (but cute) one bedroom apartment forever to suddenly finding ourselves a duplex with 2 bedrooms, a dishwasher and a basement! This is better than bad—-it’s good!

So here’s how it may go down:

Firstly, a map.

College Student X and College Student Y live in one of my family’s duplexes down the street. College Student Y has become unhappy and wants to leave, and since she’s not on the lease, she can go whenever she wants. But College Student X would be left alone with no way to afford the duplex and he’d have to break his lease if he wanted to leave. However, College Student X is best friends with my little brother, so he asked my brother to move in with him. But that’s still a lot of space for 2 boys, and the duplex is a bit pricey for my brother…slight conundrum.

Except! I live in a one bedroom apartment with a roommate. It actually works out pretty well exactly how it is. However, she is only living here short-term until Dan moves in in October, so most of her stuff is still at her parents’ house, which is the only way she could fit in here comfortably.

Unfortunately, when Dan moves in, he won’t have a lot of stuff, but he’ll have way more than my roommate, who brought only clothes and a few books. It will go from comfortable to cluttered in 10 seconds and claustrophobia will set in the moment he carries me over the threshold.

But the great thing about college boys is, they don’t have a lot of stuff. Two college boys have about the same amount of stuff as one girl. Therefore, if my calculations are right, my brother and College Student X could fit comfortably into my apartment, Dan and I would take their duplex, I don’t have to clean nearly as much when I leave, we take on eachother’s leases and everyone goes home happy. I’ve talked to my mom, who’s partly in charge, and she said it’s very doable.

But the part that I like best is where everyone goes home.

…Let’s just pray that my calculations go through…

(Only downfall to this move: This duplex sits squarely in front of the big, beautiful blue Dutch colonial house Dan and I desperately want and is still currently for sale. Oh the agony…oh the torment….)